Creating a world where we, our children and grandchildren, and our descendants to come can live in Peaceful Space is the challenge of our times. Current events speak to the volatility of the moment. We are living in the grip of Social Change of the Fourth Kind described in the Handbook On Being Human as rapid, sustained, far-reaching, dynamic, and a precipitant of social dysfunctions and Anomie (a breakdown of social order). Creating Peaceful Space as a global phenomenon will not be easy but there is no other creature on the planet that is equipped to play your and my role. There is no one else and nothing else to pass the responsibility to, unless we simply decide to pass it on to our children.
Dr. M. and the Enia make a clear prediction about the path that we are currently following. Today, the technologies we have engineered and infused into the Global Society are precipitating unexpected changes and latent effects. Powerful social and technological forces are driving social change under the influence of their own inertia and dynamic tendencies (for example, social media versus parental and government controls). We have arrived at a generation of children who have spent more time with a piece of electronic equipment than they have in a park, at a lake, wondering at the stars, or making their own toys out of the scraps of their everyday environments. For many of them the sense of connection to Mother Earth, to our many relatives, and to each other is breaking down or non-existent. We have to ask ourselves what kind of qualities, characteristics, and protocols do our children need in order to cope with and progress during this period of Social Change of the Fourth Kind. What should be the goals of Self-Determined Evolution for our children?
The Mysterious Dr. M. and the Enia have written the Handbook to help answer those questions. Remember these hints:
Creativity is the use of imagination or original ideas. In order to solve the problems of our times individually and collectively we must develop in ourselves and nurture in our children inventiveness, vision, initiative, inspiration, resourcefulness, and enterprise.
Intuition is the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning. It is a sense of knowing based on an instinctive or subjective feeling rather than an objective observation. Who could possibly record the number of times that a hunch, feeling-in-the-bones, inkling, sneaking suspicion, idea, sense, notion, gut feeling, premonition, presentiment, or instinct (an innate behavior pattern or natural skill) has changed the course of in individual life or world history? Teaching and training our children to be sensitive to and to trust their intuitions is a very important part of preparing them for the challenges of this life.
Instincts are natural tendencies, inherent tendencies, inclinations, urges, drives, compulsions, and needs. Our instincts and their effects are extensively discussed in the Handbook. Instincts also manifests as talents, gifts, abilities, aptitudes, faculties, skills, flairs, knacks, bents, and genius. It is very important that we observe and respond to the instincts of the next generation rather than simply thinking that as parents and adults, we know what is best for them. Many of us have been directed into career choices and activities that were not in alignment with our instincts and denied the opportunity to express ourselves in areas that were more aligned with our instincts. The result is internal dissonance and dissatisfaction.
Adaptability is the ability to adjust to new conditions. It is a kind of self-modification to meet a new need or fulfill a new purpose. Adaptability could require a change in your Foundational Personality but it can also be built into the personality of children starting at an early age. Routine behavior development is very important to establish positive life-style behaviors. But nurturing adaptability is also extremely important. During Social Change of the Fourth Kind, Self-Determined Evolution must anticipate the need for versatility, modifiability, convertibility, alterability, adjustability, and multi-purpose functionality.
Flexibility is the ability to bend easily without breaking. Like adaptability it is characteristic of an individual or organization that can easily modify itself to respond to altered circumstances or conditions. Flexibility is characterized by pliability, suppleness, plasticity, give-and-take, cooperation, amenability, tolerance, and willingness to compromise. Adults and children who share this characteristic will be less prone to be overwhelmed by disappointments and changes in their everyday lives.
Resilience is the ability to spring back into shape after being bent or compressed (or to recover one’s health or spirits quickly). Both flexibility and resilience are essential qualities for Self-Determined Evolution. Resilient individuals are strong, hardy, buoyant, irrepressible, and hardwearing.
Insight is the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing. Dr. M. talks about the human brain in the Handbook. The Brain thrives on associative links, the mind needs to fill in the blanks and complete pictures, and the imagination loves stories. Insight is critical to problem solving and in its Middle English origin means inner sight, mental vision, or wisdom. With insight come the abilities of discernment, perception, awareness, understanding, appreciation, penetration, acumen, judgment, and apprehension.
We are a unique and wonderful species capable of so much good. Each day each one of us chooses the aspect of ourselves that we are going to call forth or allow to be aroused by outside stimuli. Each day we choose to give into our Fight-or-Flight Response and all of the negative thoughts and feelings that come with it, or we choose to Create Peaceful Space. As Dr. M. and the Enia point out in the Handbook not even death frees us from our responsibility for Self-Determined Evolution.
Living in alignment with the Prime Directive
is a choice to which everyone should be invited!
You have been invited!
You have been invited!
Create Peaceful Space!
Trust Your Process!
Peace, Love, and Health!
